Kirsten’s practice focuses on patent and trademark prosecution and litigation. Kirsten is experienced generally in the fields of mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications technology. She has a specialty in medical devices, including prosthetics, stents, stent deployment devices, occluders, wound drainage systems, drug delivery devices, drug infusion balloons, catheters, traction devices, ultrasound equipment, breast pumps, and surgical navigation and device mapping methods for placement. She also has unique experience in the area of design patents, in particular with respect to graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and clothing.Her patent litigation experience spans an array of technologies, including LED lighting, ceiling fans, electronic trading software, medical devices, lithium batteries, and telecommunications products. Kirsten has extensive experience as local counsel in the Northern District of Illinois for cases involving patent infringement claims and is intimately familiar with the district court’s local patent rules.Kirsten also has developed a niche practice in the fashion industry. In this arena, she has deployed an integrated approach that leverages a combination of design patents, trademarks/trade dress, and copyrights. Through this approach, she has obtained long term IP protection for clothing that includes high performance athletic wear and accessories, outerwear, loungewear, undergarments, headwear, and footwear.

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Kirsten Thomson was a partner with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP. During that time, she served as Chair of the Medical Device Practice Group and Chair of the Marketing and Business Development Committee.

Engineering intern in the Automotive Seating Division.

Engineering intern in the Patient Assessment Lab with a focus on stethoscopes.

Engineering intern based in plant manufacturing cam lifters.

Engineering intern based in plant manufacturing fuel injectors.